Small Blood-vein
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Scopula imitaria
Commoner in the Southern half of Britain, but local further north.
Mainly nocturnal.
The Larvae feed on various forms of privet & variety of low-growing plants, the Caterpillars overwinter.
The wings are reddish, yellowish or orange to light brown.
The median crossline is clearly developed and inclined slightly diagonally to the inner and outer crossline.
It is slightly curved and very weakly wavy and often accompanied by a distal facing shadow.
The hindwings have the pattern, however they often lack the inner crossline.
The Moth flies in two generations from June to September.